Just for fun

[Nancy Bell]

While photographing an adorable duck chick in a pond, I turned around to catch this Striated Caracara trying to find the right page in the bird book! Somebody quickly chased the bird away, but not before he tore out a few good chunks of paper. These caracaras on the Falkland Islands were very curious and bold at times. You didn't want to lose track of your sandwich with one of these around!

Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 400 f4 DO IS, 1/1600, f6.3, ISO 800, exp. comp. +1/3

[Don Nelson]

Ha! Fun story and interesting image. Its good to see something this interesting posted. Thanks!

(And a nice sharp image from the often disregarded 400 DO)

[arash_hazeghi]

haha very cool!

[gail bisson]

My smile for the day!
Well done, Nancy!

[Don Nelson]

Bird probably thought it was the menu it was viewing -- and looking for the waiter....

[Miguel Palaviccini]

That is so cool! It really does look like he's looking for certain bird in the book.

[Richard Unsworth]

Classic - great image, maybe hes looking up what a female is like

[Marina Scarr]

This is an absolutely terrific, humorous picture, Nancy. If I were you I would enter it into a few contests like maybe next years Nature's Best "Animal Antics" category or some of the other contests.

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks everyone! Glad you all enjoyed this.
Don, your comment was a hoot..."Bird probably thought it was the menu it was viewing -- and looking for the waiter...."
And Richard, so was yours..."Classic - great image, maybe he's looking up what a female is like"

[Don Nelson]

Thanks, Nancy
I really enjoyed this image.
I had thought about an alternate comment "Checking off his life list of previous meals...." ;-)

[Satish Ranadive]

Very interesting picture.I enjoyed the this along with comments. TFS.

Regards,
Satish.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Funny indeed! TFS!

[John Cooper]

Very comical Nancy - made me chuckle..!!

[PhilCook]

hahahaha......that bird is sooooo seeeeely, he has the book upside down

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweeeeet image!!
I particularly like that the book is upside down...I realize this was not staged, but with
the book upside down, it "looks" even less staged imo.

[Nancy Bell]

Thanks all! It was just one of those happy, lucky shots!

[Hayath Mohammed]

haha..this is super cool!
I wonder if it was looking for IDs on the birds it has feasted on till date

[David Salem]

Very fun Nancy. Well captured.